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Barbour Prospect

Occurrence in Tulare county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033734
MRDS ID M020378
Record type Site
Current site name Barbour Prospect
Related records 10141893

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.83316, 36.22385 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI. W. OF MILO, ON A LOW HILL 65 FT. S. OF ROAD, 7 MI. BY ROAD TO SPRINGVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Springville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Three Rivers(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tule(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tulare

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019S 029E 33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.83316, 36.22385
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN 1 1/2 FT. THICK CONSISTS OF CLEAR GLASSY QUARTZ COATED BY SOFT, BLACK, SOOTY, IMPURE PYROLUSITE. ABOUT 4 INCHES ON S. SIDE OF VEIN IS MOSTLY PYROLUSITE, REST IS QUARTZ. QUARTZ ALSO STAINED WITH LIMONITE AND HEMATITE. VEIN IN HIGHLY ALTERED GRANITIC ROCK. LESS ALTERED ROCKS IN VICINITY HAVE COMPOSITION CLOSE TO BIOTITE GRANODIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 341 - 342

  • Deposit

    TRASK, PARKER. NOTES ON THE MANGANESE RESOURCES OF CALIF., 1944 , UNPUB.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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